Patents by Inventor Jakob Willmann

Jakob Willmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120213574
    Abstract: In a fastening arrangement for the positionally correct fastening of a device to a structural part of a motor vehicle, the at least one screw means is arranged on a tolerance-compensating part, wherein the tolerance-compensating part is fixed to the structural part by means of a joining material which is selected from an adhesive or a plastic liquefied by ultrasonic welding, and wherein the tolerance-compensating part is adjusted in position relative to the structural part. A method for the positionally correct fastening of a device to the structural part of a motor vehicle makes use of a tolerance-compensating part which is joined to the structural part by making use of a joining process in which a joining material is used, the joining process being selected from the group consisting of: adhesive bonding with an adhesive as the joining material, ultrasonic welding with a plastic as the joining material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: PROGRESS-WERK OBERKIRCH AG
    Inventors: Hubert Graf, Tobias Kraus, Frank Griebenow, Michael Mueller, Hansjoerg Schmeider, Thorsten Seiler, Hans-Peter Thumbach, Jakob Willmann